Bungie recently won a lawsuit against a gamer who was sending an employee death threats.
You must log in or register to comment.
A very close friend of mine works as a community facing employee for a large game company and as part of their job they have to make decisions that will inevitably make people angry. They’ve been very concerned lately about getting doxxed and harassed. Folks online often forget the human on the other side.
Removed by mod
Harassing people with death threats and other violence is never okay. Not happy with the game? Don’t play it.
what happended?
deleted by creator
I pity anyone who thinks of gamer as an identity
My father… was a gamer
Sure but usually there is at least SOME inciting moment, as dumb as it may be?
Article in question: https://gamerant.com/bungie-destiny-2-reddit-responses-decrease-explanation/
They offended GAMERS of all people.
Game is fucking trash now
How so?
Seasons were great at the beginning, then they slowly yet surely added in more ways the player had to pay to gain access to content. Those dungeons that came free with the seasons? Now you gotta pay for them. All that content you paid $40 for years ago? Gone, but now came back and reskinned so you have to pay for it again. The micro transaction hellscape that is destiny 2 has gone way too far.
People blindly pay for this shit and I can’t believe they still do. Wool over their eyes and a company stealing right out of your pocket.
It always was
Coincidentally right when they are probably at peak criticism for their game.
You’re not wrong but also people shouldn’t be harassing employees for shit that is likely out of their control.
So who exactly should criticism be directed to if not the community engagement staff? This sounds like a company passing the buck to… no one.
That’s not to say criticism should ever include threats of harm or personal abuse.
Why did you see “don’t harass employees” as “don’t offer criticism”? You can pretty easily say “I don’t like X about this game,” or “change Y seems like a step in the wrong direction” without harassing anyone.
Harassment is a fairly broad term I guess.
Some people would view repeated criticism over a single issue as harassment, others wouldn’t view it as harassment until it has “crossed a line”.
Criticism is when you say what is wrong with something, and how to possibly improve it. Obviously, you don’t need to repeat it 500 million times.
Real harassment is when one literally sends death threats. That’s not ok at all. It’s a game, go touch grass is what I’m saying.
As for the rest of you who don’t send death threats, your all good people and I wish you a happy day:)
When someone doesn’t listen to feedback or worse, derides them for even providing it people tend to get upset.
I have not condoned death threats, other threats of violence or harm and don’t intend to.
I don’t even play Destiny (1 or 2).
I’m just voicing my opinion that there’s a pattern between devs who believe community criticism is beneath them and people working themselves into a frenzy.
But you did condone harassment.
Article says they’ve been cutting back on these comments since last year, so well before Lightfall dropped.
